Nole is a shorter and sweeter version of NOVAK.. its like you are patronizing to Novak.. I'm from Serbia..My name is Bojan (boyan) and if you do the same thing with my name it would be "BOKI"(bokee)

NOLE is pronounced no(short o)lle nolle (short e also)

ANd for that guy who said NOle is an ass..YOu must be having an IQ of my current posts number 23 so if you come and read this post again in a year or two maybe your IQ will be enough to live a post here

Nole is a shorter and sweeter version of NOVAK.. its like you are patronizing to Novak.. I'm from Serbia..My name is Bojan (boyan) and if you do the same thing with my name it would be "BOKI"(bokee)

NOLE is pronounced no(short o)lle nolle (short e also)

ANd for that guy who said NOle is an ass..YOu must be having an IQ of my current posts number 23 so if you come and read this post again in a year or two maybe your IQ will be enough to live a post here

The people asking aren't stupid, they simply aren't familiar with Serbian or Slavic names. And if you never seen or hear Nole you'd think it does sound like Mole or whatever. I googled the name because I never heard of the shortened name before either and curious why they would call him that. Actually Novak is not really that long anyway, five letters? So that is strange that they would further cut it by a whopping 1 letter. If I was non-American and heard someone call someone else Dick I would be somewhat confused too, makes little sense, but people are used to it they think EVERYone just knows. I rather call Novak -Novak not this Nole thing. Commentators on tv call him Novak, are they stupid too? I'm from a slavic country actually and have a shortened version of my (much longer) name but I would never expect anyone to know it.

What's a Nole anyway, is it like a Mole? The nickname Djoker is much better. Have only heard the "Nole" nickname in articles and blogs, haven't heard commentators or other players such as Roger or Rafa call him that.